There is a problem parsing this package - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
My friend has a very old cheap Chinese tablet. PFA
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He wanted to install games like Angry Birds for kids. But thanks to 4gb rom, I think around 256mb ram it is a mess. Lags way too much. When we tried to install apks downloaded from Google, we got this error There is a problem parsing this package. USB Debugging is on, installation from unknown sources is on. Any way out of this? Can someone help with a working custom rom link? Micromax used to sell this tablet branded under their name. So, there were indeed roms back then.
Thanks

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billubakra said:
Hi,
My friend has a very old cheap Chinese tablet. PFA
He wanted to install games like Angry Birds for kids. But thanks to 4gb rom, I think around 256mb ram it is a mess. Lags way too much. When we tried to install apks downloaded from Google, we got this error There is a problem parsing this package. USB Debugging is on, installation from unknown sources is on. Any way out of this? Can someone help with a working custom rom link? Micromax used to sell this tablet branded under their name. So, there were indeed roms back then.
Thanks
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There are many reasons why this message appears on your screen when you try to download an application.
The file might have downloaded incompletely
The application may not be compatible with the hardware or your operating system
This is because of a security setting
The APK may be a corrupted file

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jwoegerbauer said:
There are many reasons why this message appears on your screen when you try to download an application.
The application may not be compatible with the hardware or your operating system
This is because of a security setting
The APK may be a corrupted file
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Thanks for replying. The same apk is installing in other phones. I have tried many years old apps but same result. The rom is the culprit. Any help with the rom?

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billubakra said:
Thanks for replying. The same apk is installing in other phones. I have tried many years old apps but same result. The rom is the culprit. Any help with the rom?
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An APK gets installed by Android's PM ( read: Package Manager ) what is part of ROM. OK.
Personally don't think in actual case the ROM is the culprit: Try installing the APK in question by means of AURORA Store to see whether it's Google Play that works wrong or not.
Hint: Instead of shooting in the dark, get the reason ( for example INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES ) for the mentioned error by installing the APK in question via ADB.
Code:
adb install -r APK_FILE
Note this command utilizes internally PM.
Also a look inside Android's logcat may help. But this requires device is rooted.

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You can try reflashing stock rom.. head over to XDA thread..

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jwoegerbauer said:
An APK gets installed by Android's PM ( read: Package Manager ) what is part of ROM. OK.
Personally don't think in actual case the ROM is the culprit: Try installing the APK in question by means of AURORA Store to see whether it's Google Play that works wrong or not.
Hint: Instead of shooting in the dark, get the reason ( for example INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES ) for the mentioned error by installing the APK in question via ADB.
Code:
adb install -r APK_FILE
Note this command utilizes internally PM.
Also a look inside Android's logcat may help. But this requires device is rooted.
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This is the problem. It is not letting us install any app. We have tried many apps made in 2012 itself. The tablet lags just way too much so it will be a mess to try to install via an ADB. Can't we just flash some other rom to make it atleast usable?
TigerKing00 said:
You can try reflashing stock rom.. head over to XDA thread..
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Which thread?

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billubakra said:
Which thread?
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sorry, you need to flash custom rom.
or edit each apk everytime.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2554021
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578964

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TigerKing00 said:
sorry, you need to flash custom rom.
or edit each apk everytime.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2554021
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578964
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Editing apk is not possible as the device is just way too slow.
No live link for custom rom available.

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billubakra said:
Editing apk is not possible as the device is just way too slow.
No live link for custom rom available.
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Edit on PC
That's sad, use different search engines and try to find rom links. Use other forums, file hosting sites etc